Reclaim un-partitioned space

[CGarces]

Hi!

I'm using a Windows 7 hot with an old Windows 2000 guest.

The guest contains a 8 GB NTFS partition, and I have used the GParted Live CD to reduce the partition to 6.5 GB.

Now I have 1.5GB un-partitioned space on my guest, but I can't reduce the size of the .vdi file

I have tried

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"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" clonehd Current.vdi new.vdi

and also

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"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" modifyvdi Current.vdi --compact

But booth give me a 8GB .vdi file.

How can I reclaim that unused space?

[mpack]

Clone it with CloneVDI. Be sure to enable the compaction and "Keep UUID" options. The clone VDI is a direct replacement for your original.

Note that this will recover the unpartitioned space inside the VDI, reclaiming it for the host, but the logical size of the virtual drive will remain 8GB.